Whoops I completely forgot to post anything yesterday cuz I was so busy. Anyway here's today's song: Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto.
It was actually called 上を向いて歩こう originally and was released in 1961. It was a #1 in Japan. And it spent 3(!) weeks at the top of American Billboard charts in June 1963. It's the only song made by a Japanese artist (+no English lyrics) to hit #1 in the US. I just think it's amazing how popular and significant this song was not only in Japan, but in other countries as well (like Mexio, Australia, Canada, etc.), esp when most wouldn't be able to understand anything in the song. Apparently the song was inspired by Anpo protests. Also Kyu, the artist, unfortunately died in one of the worst aircraft disasters in history at only 43 (Japan Airlines Flight 123 crash of 1985). Despite the tragedy surrounding this song I like hearing the stories of people who know and adore it for a number of different, personal reasons. It's amazing how music can transcend time, culture, language, and connect to anybody
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Whoops I completely forgot to post anything yesterday cuz I was so busy. Anyway here's today's song: Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto. It w...
aoooo this song makes me so sad. i knew abt the billboard and airlines flight crash but i didnt know this song was inspired by the anpo protests.
ReplyDeletealso did u know shonentai were also supposed to be on that flight but they decided to stay in japan so they luckily avoided the plane crash lol
they were?? omg shonentai narrowly escaped death. wonder how it felt knowing they couldve been on that flight. also i said this before but how do u know every single thing abt shonentai. literally insane
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Deletefor that 2nd part: im a literal shonentai scholar bro i know literally every single fact abt them im crazy